Mealey's (August 24, 2021, 11:13 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A communications company and an environmental group have asked a federal appeals court to vacate a Federal Communications Commission order allowing Elon Musk’s SpaceX company to deploy nearly 3,000 low-orbiting satellites in the next 15 years, arguing that the FCC violated federal law by failing to consider the project’s environmental ramifications. An amicus curiae brief filed Aug. 13 by an astronomer concerned about the project’s light pollution followed the Aug. 11 appellants’ brief....